![]() I love watching golf on TV, playing it and thinking that someday I will be good. So, it's a somewhat divided loyalty (laughter) because he was at the Bengals-Packers game dressed in full Bengals gear and I think it got a little testy there at the end, but he said everybody was very cordial to him and he was cordial to others.Īnd golf. Big Brewers' fan, watch a lot a Brewers' games my little 5-year-old is a huge baseball fan so we watch a lot of games. There's a whole community out there of people that you would never actually may meet, unless it was on Twitter. Definitely helps build that connection and passion. There's a group called "Day Breakers." They all tweet and just chat it up. And I thought wow - immediate viewer feedback. I started tweeting good morning to people who would follow me and then they'd say good morning back. And now we're both on Twitter and can talk to viewers almost instantaneously (during the show and breaks). Vince started doing updates once in a while and I asked what he was doing. Jim Thomas at our station approached Vince and I, had us check it out because it was a totally new concept. OMC: Has Twitter changed your media life? I feel that it's something that's made a difference here in the community. It's grown every year an army of volunteers really makes it possible. It's something that I started with the station eight years ago well we're going to have our eighth in January 2010. In terms of my career, it is the Community Baby Shower. They're really good kids they're fun and smart and good people. SK: In my life, I'm most proud of my kids. I feel very lucky to work with somebody like Vince. So, we get along, and can kind of read each other's minds, as well. I do feel like I have that (chemistry) with Vince because we are very good friends and we know exactly what one another is thinking. We talk about chemistry a lot in this business, and good chemistry is hard to find - it only comes along every once in awhile. TV news is a weird business because you're sitting up there at a desk with somebody and it's a very close relationship. SK: Well, he certainly keeps us on our toes and is always very fun and entertaining. OMC: What's it like seeing Vince Vitrano every morning at 4 a.m.? The only (bad) part of it is that I have to get up at 2:30 in the morning and go to bed by 8. I think a lot of parents are trying to find a balance in life and I feel lucky because I do feel like I have that balance. Many days, I'll go from (the studio) and I'll either work out or I'll go to my daughter's third-grade class to volunteer or help at a party for my first-grader or pick up my son at preschool. I feel very lucky to have the kind of part-time job where it's a career, but I still have time to be with my kids. But, I get up at 2:30 in the morning - so that means I go to bed by 8 p.m. (laughter) I feel like I'm barely keeping my head above water. SK: Well, sometimes I feel like it's not working at all. OMC: Tell me bit about "Daybreak" and your schedule during the day. And then I moved to Anchorage a cool city, too, but it's a whole different way of life up there. Right out of college I went to Juneau, Alaska, for three months. It's really a lot more cosmopolitan than a lot of people think it is. I just thought "what a pretty city." I feel like it's changed a lot since then - just in terms of what there is to do, the development, the kind of people who live here. ![]() On my interview tour they took me around and they showed me the lake, and some things Downtown. I remember the roads - does anybody fix the roads around here (laughter), because the freeway was all bumpy.īut, honestly, Milwaukee was really pretty. I thought it came off as kind of a working class town. I remember when I first came to Milwaukee for my job interview. Susan Kim: The whole city, especially Downtown. What's changed the most in your time in Milwaukee and your time in Milwaukee media? : You've been at Channel 4 now for 15 years. Learn more about Kim in this edition of "Milwaukee Talks." But how does she balance early mornings, family and other priorities? We asked this and more. Kim lives in Wales with her husband and three kids but finds plenty of time explore Milwaukee, dine out and take in her old stomping grounds in the Third Ward. Now on "Live at Daybreak" beginning daily at 5 a.m., Kim and co-anchor Vince Vitrano share the stories of the day and their lives with viewers, and she uses Twitter. Her easy-going style, sense of community and family have made her a Brew City TV favorite. Susan Kim started at WTMJ-TV Channel 4 in 1994 on the assignment desk as a reporter.
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